Anton Yastrebov, director of the Laboratory “Life Space Ecology”, announced that the smartphone during sleep at night, should be placed away from the head a distance of at least one meter.

In an interview with Radio “Sputnik”, the expert notes that many do not abandon their phones at night and place them close to their pillows. When does this condition pose a threat to health?

According to him, when mobile phones appeared, some doctors expressed their concerns about the radiation emitted from them, because they might cause cancer. But later these fears were not confirmed. Modern devices should not cause such fears. Because it is subject to many tests confirming that it is not dangerous to human health. However, the effect of smartphones on the internal organs and tissues of the body has not been sufficiently studied.

He says, “As a general rule – you should not sleep near the phone, and not put it under the pillow or on the bed. It is preferable not to put it near the head, and the distance between them should not be less than one meter, or at least half a meter.”

And he adds, this distance should be greater in rural areas, because the radiation emission increases when moving away from the base station.

He says, “When the base station is far away, as in villages, for example, the phone consumes more energy, in order to call the station, which increases radiation emission. Therefore, it must be placed away from the body during sleep at night.”

He adds, that people who use pacemakers, put the phone away from them so as not to cause electromagnetic interference.

The expert advises everyone who uses a smartphone a lot to use wireless headphones to reduce radiation exposure.